When people visit Saifana Organic Farm, they often expect to find vegetable beds, fruit trees, and bees, but one of the hardest-working partners in our regenerative system is a little noisier: the chickens.

More than just a source of fresh eggs, our chickens are essential members of the ecosystem.
They help us grow healthier soil, manage restaurant leftovers, and support agroforestry regeneration, all while happily scratching, pecking, and fertilizing the land.

How Chickens Fit into Our Regenerative System

At Saifana, we integrate chickens in a way that mimics natural processes.
Here’s how they help us every day:

1. Weed Managers in the Agroforestry Zones

We sometimes let the chickens roam carefully through our syntropic agroforestry plots, where they naturally trim down weeds and grasses.
Their scratching helps aerate the soil, and their manure instantly fertilizes the plots, all without needing machines or herbicides.

It’s a beautiful, simple dance between animals and plants, supporting soil health and biodiversity.

2. Compost Factory Workers

Instead of turning compost piles manually, our chickens do the work for us.
We feed them organic waste, garden clippings, and farm residues.
As they scratch and dig, they naturally flip and aerate the compost, speeding up decomposition while adding their own nutrient-rich manure to the mix.

In a regenerative farm, compost isn't just a pile, it's a living system. Our chickens are the heart of it.

3. Restaurant Leftover Heroes

Thanks to our partnership with Saifana's farm-to-table kitchen, chickens also help close the loop on food waste.
Leftover organic scraps from the restaurant become chicken feed, turning potential waste into valuable protein, fertilizer, and soil life, instead of sending it to a landfill.

4. Fresh, Ethical Eggs Every Morning

And of course, there’s the daily reward: fresh, nutrient-dense eggs.
Because our chickens live naturally, with space to move and scratch, their eggs are richer in flavor, color, and nutrition, a true farm-to-table treasure.

Chickens in regenerative farming aren't just "livestock", they are land healers and ecosystem stewards.
They:

• Improve soil health naturally

• Manage pests and weeds without chemicals

• Close nutrient loops between kitchen and garden

• Enrich biodiversity by cycling organic matter into fertile soil

Lessons from the Flock

Watching our chickens roam the agroforestry, scratch through compost, or follow the farm team around is a daily reminder:
Regeneration isn’t about control, it’s about creating the right conditions for life to thrive, in all its messy, beautiful rhythms.

From eggs on the breakfast table to healthier soils in the garden beds, these small, lively workers are part of something much bigger, a living farm, in harmony with nature.

In a regenerative model, every element supports every other, and chickens perfectly embody this philosophy: working with nature, not against it.